The women also said fears over their security had caused them to be more cautious about engaging with their communities, with all three saying they had become more discreet about advertising events and had stepped up safety measures in their local offices.

The intervention comes in the wake of high-profile threats made against two more of Yorkshire's female MPs, with Paula Sherriff (MP for Dewsbury) revealing last month that swastikas had been left outside her constituency office, and fears over Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford MP Yvette Cooper's safety leading to an arrest.